Antique Manuscripts

The manuscript text was beautifully executed by hand over 450 years ago!

The manuscript text with music (on a five-line stave) was beautifully executed by hand over 450 years ago! The music begins: “Magnus dominus saeculorum” (Great is the Lord for all ages). With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king.

The manuscript text was beautifully executed by hand over 450 years ago! Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.

Manuscript book in Spanish. Content unknown. Size: 8.5" x 6.5".

A large decorative liturgical manuscript leaf on vellum, written most likely in a French scriptorium around 1600. Most of the soiling could be removed by using a proper eraser. Size of the leaf : ca. 22.25" x 15.4"(560 mm x 390 mm).

24" x 16" Nice original lease dated December 1, 1775 for property located in Colne Engaine in the County of Essex, Great Britain. We stamps intact, no damage. Excellent condition for its age and would make a nice display item. Global shipping offered. 20 years on eBay. Buy with confidence.

A large decorative liturgical manuscript leaf on vellum, written most likely in a Spanish scriptorium around 1600. Condition: As shown in good condition on sturdy vellum with the customary evidence of storing or ageing: toning of the vellum, soiling or staining, fading, edge flaws, original flaws in the vellum, etc.

A large decorative liturgical manuscript leaf on vellum, written most likely in a French scriptorium around 1550. Most of the soiling could be removed by using a proper eraser. Unlike leaves from a printed book, this leaf is unique in that no other one exactly like it exists anywhere else in the world.

Size: 9.5” x 13.5”.

Size: 7.5” x 11”.

Document composed in 1620. Some notes, signatures. Watermarked. Size: 7” x 11” 
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Lewistown Geneaology Pennsylvania.

Dated: November 7, 1772. 2pages letter.

Each line is divided by gold cloud decoratiions. Small gold devices in the margins mark the 5th and 10th verses. Alovely manuscript, well worth a place in an Islamic manuscript collection. The condition of these leaves is Fine (F).

Size: 7.5” x 11”.

A large decorative liturgical manuscript leaf on vellum, written most likely in a French scriptorium around 1550. Most of the soiling could be removed by using a proper eraser. Size of the leaf : ca. 21" x 14.2"(530 mm x 360 mm).

Manuscript on paper. Size: L10,7” x W7,5”.

This is a leaf of early printing of Early Printing from the Decretales of Pope Gregory IX. Printed by Thielmann Kerver for Jean Petit and Jean Cabiller at Paris in 1505. Gregory IX was also known as Ugolino, Count of Segni.

A large decorative liturgical manuscript leaf on vellum, written most likely in a Spanish scriptorium around 1600. Condition: As shown in good condition on sturdy vellum with the customary evidence of storing or ageing: toning of the vellum, soiling or staining, fading, edge flaws, original flaws in the vellum, etc.

Offered is this 1884 hard bound volume entitled, “ Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown Indiana Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor”. The book was published by F.A. Battey & Co. of Chicago in 1884 and is 800 pages. There is some foxing on some pages and some wear on covers and spine. Overall pages are in good overall condition.

Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad as-Jazari al-Shafi al-Dimashqi Al-Husn al-Hasin, prayers. North India, late 18th/19th Century. A Great Gift For Any Manuscript Collector.

A large decorative liturgical manuscript leaf on vellum, written most likely in a Spanish scriptorium around 1600. Condition: As shown in good condition on sturdy vellum with the customary evidence of storing or ageing: toning of the vellum, soiling or staining, fading, edge flaws, original flaws in the vellum, etc.

A decorative, huge liturgy manuscript leaf, written most likely in an Italian scriptorium around 1750. Size of the leaf : ca. 18.25" x 14.5"(450 mm x 365 mm). Pictured : Both sides of the leaf for sale.

Date: 1709.

A decorative, huge liturgy manuscript leaf on vellum, written most likely in a Spanish scriptorium around 1490. Size of the leaf : ca. 17.75" x 14.1"(450 mm x 355 mm). Pictured : Both sides of the leaf for sale.

Size: 7” x 10”.

Document composed in 1547. Some notes, signatures. Size: 7.5” x 11” 
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A decorative, huge liturgy manuscript quire of 8 leaves, written most likely in an Italian scriptorium around 1750. The quire alone weighs 9 ounces. Pictured : The entire quire in its proper sequence the leaf for sale.

Size: L 9,5" x W 7,5”.

Condition: As shown, on fine vellum in very good condition with the customary evidence of storing or ageing: toning of the vellum, soiling or staining, edge flaws, original flaws in the vellum, etc.

Size: 9" x 7".

The ultimate display item.

Size: 7.5” x 11”.

Manuscript book in Spanish from 1704. Content unknown. Size: 8.5" x 6".

A large decorative liturgical manuscript leaf on vellum, written most likely in a French scriptorium around 1600. Most of the soiling could be removed by using a proper eraser. Size of the leaf : ca. 22.25" x 15.4"(560 mm x 390 mm).

Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad as-Jazari al-Shafi al-Dimashqi Al-Husn al-Hasin, prayers. North India, late 18th/19th Century. A Great Gift For Any Manuscript Collector.

Two leaves of a Japanese woodblock printed text. I do not know the Japanese language, but one leaf shows a seated Japanese man and the second leaf shows a scene with a house surrounded by trees. The paper is very thin.

Each line is divided by gold cloud decoratiions. Small gold devices in the margins mark the 5th and 10th verses. Alovely manuscript, well worth a place in an Islamic manuscript collection. The condition of these leaves is Fine (F).

Condition: As shown, on very fine, almost translucent vellum in excellent condition with minor traces of use and minimal evidence of storing or ageing: almost imperceptible toning of the vellum, soiling or staining, edge flaws, original flaws in the vellum, etc.

Early Persian Epic Poem Illuminated Miniature Islamic Book Page.